The Lusaka High Court has thrown out  the Nalikwanda Constituency electoral petition by the Patritic Front. Judge Flavia Chishimba has declared that MMD Nalikwanda Member of Parliament Geofrey Lungwangwa was duly elected. Judge Chishimba has dismissed with costs the electoral petition filed losing PF candidate Maurice Munembo. This means that the PF official will have [...]

After being roundly rejected by the people of Southern province, Miles Sampa has been removed by president Michael Sata from that part of the country. Sampa is now deputy minster of Finance while Obvious Mwaliteta becomes Southern province minister. Sampa was rejected for ‘insulting’ people of Southern province by telling parliament that for any of them to be [...]

President Michael Sata has made a mini reshuffle and fine- tuned three government ministries barely a day after re-aligning deputy minsters It is now difficult to keep track of which ministry is doing what as the Ministry of Local Government will now be Ministry of Local Government and Housing with Professor Nkandu Luo carrying on [...]

Personal opinion by Sam Mulafulafu Presidents Sata’s reaction to the report by the Chongwe Commission on 14th January 2010 Mongu riots took many people aback. Even the least knowledgeable about the 1964 Barotseland Agreement must have wondered why President Sata acted in the manner he did. Without reading the report or consulting anybody to understand [...]

Government has revealed that K3.8 billion was spent on the four commissions of inquiry constituted to look into various national issues between 20th September and 30th November, 2011. The commissions are on the Energy Regulation Board (ERB), Mongu riots and related matters, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and the Zambia National Building Society (ZNBS). The total [...]